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Visual Elicitation Autoethnography

Visual elicitation autoethnography (VEA) is a qualitative self-study method that combines the personal narrative orientation of autoethnography with the stimulus power of visual artefacts — photographs, drawings, or found images — to prompt and deepen autobiographical reflection. The researcher produces or selects images from their own life, then uses those images as elicitation tools to generate rich written or spoken narratives about a cultural phenomenon they have lived through, positioning the self as both researcher and research subject.

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Visual Elicitation Autoethnography
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / qualitative
  • Chang, H. (2008). Autoethnography as Method. Left Coast Press. · ISBN 978-1598741230
  • Harper, D. (2002). Talking about pictures: A case for photo elicitation. Visual Studies, 17(1), 13–26. · DOI 10.1080/14725860220137345
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